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[Facts] Re: Help needed on:- Battenberg/ Battenburg - German
Still sleepy - sorry! The reason Lord Mountbatten got that name was to sidestep anitGerman feeling in Britain during the First World War. Battenberg with an E had been his family name. (Useful mnemonic.)
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